by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge The challenge was to integrate small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Guatemala and Honduras as new suppliers for commercial chains and to boost their competitiveness in the retail sector supply chain. This would be achieved by replicating the platform...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017, the United Nations’ most recent report on this subject, the number of people suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 2.4 million from 2015 to 2016,...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Areas in Central America known as ‘dry corridors’ face climate risk of drought, excessive rains and severe flooding. Dry corridors exist in regions of Guatemala and Honduras and the local communities and small holder farmers residing there are...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Eleven per cent of deaths from cervical cancer worldwide occur in Latin America (over 28,000 deaths per year), where it is the second most commonly diagnosed tumour among women. Seventy per cent of deaths in Latin America occur in South America, a region...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) affects all countries and endangers the effectiveness of prevention and treatment of infections by viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms (e.g. bacteria, fungi, viruses and...
